perigo

//pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,902

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

perigo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: uma situação de ameaça Pronounced /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. It ranks #1,902 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pero and perto.

Key facts for perigo
PropertyValue
Headwordperigo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,902
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perigo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for perigo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,902 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for perigo, with forms such as "eprigo", "peirgo", and "pergio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "pero", "perto", "primo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is perigo, spelled P-E-R-I-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma situação de ameaça
  2. 2
    fonte ou situação que pode causar dano (materais, máquinas, equipamentos e meio ambiente) ou lesão (pessoas)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprigo,peirgo,pergio,periggo,periog,perrigo,pperigo,preigo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perigo

Misspelling Variants of "perigo"

eprigo6peirgo6pergio6periggo7periog6perrigo7pperigo7preigo6
Misspelling Variants of "perigo"

Frequency rank: #1,902 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perigo"?
"perigo" is spelled P-E-R-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/.
What does "perigo" mean?
As a noun, "perigo" means: uma situação de ameaça
What words are commonly confused with "perigo"?
"perigo" is commonly confused with "pero", "perto", "primo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perigo" is /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perigo" come from?
"perigo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.